Improvement in bee-hive



MATELAS D. .F.oeEL, oF ALPHA, OHIO.`

Letters .Patent No. 74,810, dated February 25, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BBE-HIVE.

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Be it known that I, MATHIAS D. FOGEL, of Alpha, in the county of Greene, in the State of Ohio, have' 'invented a. new and improved Bee-Hivc; and I hereby declare that the following is e. full; clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to accompanyingdrawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation.

Figure 2, a rear elevation. o

Figure 3, a perspective elevation; and

Figure ,4 a vertical or longitudinal section, tekenin the line a: 2;, 5g. 1.

The nature of my invention-consistsl in providing the upper part of a bee-hive with suicient ventilation, which I do by ventilator G, which is a board placed on the top of the honeybox A, (which topis pierced with several' holes,) fastened on one end by a'pivot, y', so that it :can be slid oir-or o to let the foul and hot air escape in the winter season, for if it does n ot escapeit will rise and freeze in the ,top of the hive, and when it thews will drown the bees or mould the comb. f l

I also provide the hive with allanting bottom, W,it being easier for them to get the dirt out.with a slanted bottom than a ilat one. I also pince-a wire soree 11,`J, at the portico, as shown in iig. 3 or in iigl 4, toclose'up the hive in snowy seasons, sovthat 4the beesrcnnnot get out and perish in the snow. To supply the bees; with water, I place a. trough, K, inside this screen, from which they drink and-return to their room. I also place at the entrance, F,a. block, D, at each corner, with notches, N N, intheunder-side, and a. hole, O, through the block D, communicating with the miller-chambers C, which are directly over these blocks. The backs of. these chambers are made of tin, P. When hiving,`th-e blocks shouldbe removed, nud afterwards replaced. -The millers y and dart roundabout the-lhive in the evening, and will try to get out of the way of the bees; thus they slip around in corners, and willsoon nd a place to hide in under these blocks. Immediatelyonfentering the holes of the blocks they. come inv contact withthe lighta L, and'will Acrawl up in'to the chambers IC, where they can beissen on the glass L, and whenever it is desired to remove -them draw the screw `Q, that fastens the chamber to the hive, take it otl carefully, and cetch them. To enable others to make and use my hiv-e, I will proceed to describe its size and construction. p

Y The hive is two feet in heght,'slanting; the top, R, six inches from hack Y to front4 S, leaving the front S 'eighteen inches' high. It is fifteen inches 4wide and thirteen inches deep from back Y to fronts, which leaves the becs' winter-room, B, fourteen inches deepfrom beck to front, thirteen inches Wide.v Thehoney-bx A, which is composed of wood, and provided with a gloss in the back, Z, and a tin bottom, is thirteen inches deep, twelve inches wide, and six inches high. Thetop of this'box has several small holes, and over these is placed the ventilator G. To'feed the4 bees, place the food in the'honeyboxJwherc they areaccustomed togo, andrthey will find it. The bottom, l, of the hive, in iig. 4,'which forms the lower part of the room B, is slanted from i five to seven inches, and at the back, Y, in iig. 3, is an upright piece, W, from the-base to the top, R, three inches wide, projecting one inch Aat the back to receive the door. Attherea, the endo'f the bottom,',is elcvated half an inch higher than thetop of the base, X, nndat the front this base is b evelled to threeinches, to; form th portico, as shown. 4The centre-board T,.which forms the upper part of the roomB, is tLen inches from?? the top of the hive, with three or four strips, m m, on theunder side for thebees'to fasten theil` comb to,'with 4one hole, I, through it, on'each side, in the centre of the hive, one inch wide bytwo inchesglong, for the bees toV get to the honey-boxV A. i l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to securerbj'lietteijs" Patent, is-` Thewithin-described hive, when itsvseveral parts, exclusive of the trough, are"coh'structed, -combinedpand arranged as set forth. Y I 'l MATHIAS D. noemt.,

Witnesses JAcoB HARRIS, FRAMES HARRIS. 

